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MSI Mega PC & Hercules 9800xt

The power supply is 200w and I intend to use it as a gaming PC and server (dual boot). The MSI Mega 180 PC has an AGP x8 port slot and a PCI slot. I don't play games very often (but I have to have a decent system for FarCry!!!) so most of the time it will be up and running as my home server (I will not be turning it off very often)

I think you can get 300W PSU for that system, but have no idea where, someone might know though

also I would sacrifice sound card (maybe get an external audio from creative ) and get a cooler similar to mine: ARCTIC COOLING VGA Silencer , so all the hot air from graphics card gets pushed outside (you will have to check if it fits, though)

I think you should be OK, I am running a 9800 Pro overclocked in a cramped mATX case with toasty 2400+ CPU on a 200W PSU with only the PSU fan venting the tropical breeze. It works fine. I don't know what the difference is with tiny PSUs compared to ATX ones but I'm sure a 200W ATX PSU would noramlly be struggling. Shuttles and other small systems DO seem to cope alright on 200W though.

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If you've got your money for nothing, who cares if the chicks are free!

thats a think i was wondering too, my 230Watt PSU was maxed out with a Duron overclocked, 5400RPM hard drive and a Geforce 256 but Shuttle PSU's seem to handle Overclocked Athlon XP's, 9800's and 7200RPM HDD's

Originally posted by Bennyboy I think you should be OK, I am running a 9800 Pro overclocked in a cramped mATX case with toasty 2400+ CPU on a 200W PSU with only the PSU fan venting the tropical breeze. It works fine. I don't know what the difference is with tiny PSUs compared to ATX ones but I'm sure a 200W ATX PSU would noramlly be struggling. Shuttles and other small systems DO seem to cope alright on 200W though.

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Man, its been a while since we last had a chat! When'd you get your 9800P, and what's it running at? Are you pleased? Is it the video mecca that you anticipated it would be?